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Deveron, Bogie & Isla Rivers Charitable Trust win Scottish Thistle Award by admin 17/05/2012: The Deveron, Bogie & Isla Rivers Charitable Trust have won a Scottish Thistle Award in the category of SNH Best Nature Based Experience Award (Nor... Read More
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30lb-plus brown trout taken by Alan Kettlewhite
Congratulations to Alan Kettlewhite at Argyll Fisheries Trust, who has taken a 30lbs 10ozs wild brown trout from Loch Awe. The fish was 95cm long and is thought to be the third largest wild brown trout caught in the UK. … Continue reading
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Managing Interactions Aquaculture Project: Sea Trout Post Smolt Monitoring Project – Regional Report 2011.
As reported on our website at the start of November (see Post-smolt sweep netting – a challenging year) RAFTS with west coast fisheries trusts in Argyll, Lochaber, Outer Hebrides, Skye, West Sutherland and Wester Ross began a project of Sweep Netting … Continue reading
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The Heather Trust – Country Market & Sporting Sale 2012
The Heather Trust promote all aspects of moorland management, and seeks to represent all those who have an interest in moorland areas – a wide range of stakeholders, from ramblers and gamekeepers, to landowners and mountain bikers and farmers to conservationists. The Trust … Continue reading
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Turas a Bhradain
Series 3 of Turas a Bhradain features a wide range of Scotland’s salmon and sea trout rivers and the fisheries on each system. Some of the episodes profile the work of the RAFTS fishery trusts and biologists who work on many … Continue reading
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Dumfries & Galloway Wildlife Festival – Nith & Galloway Trust events
The 9th Dumfries & Galloway Wildlife Festival (31 March – 15 April) featured several events focussing on the work of the fishery trusts. The Nith Catchment Fishery Trust hosted two events on 4th and 11th April. “Fintastic Tales – the … Continue reading
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Trout in Dirty Places
Fishing is often viewed as a country sport, but a new book by a river restoration expert and fly-fisher has revealed 50 places in the UK where you can catch fish such as trout a short walk from a town … Continue reading
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The Rivers Trust – April newsletter published
RAFTS works closely with the Rivers Trust, which represents the network of Trusts in England and Wales. View their April newsletter by clicking on the image.
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Scottish Freshwater Group – 88th meeting, 5 April, Stirling
The Scottish Freshwater Group (SFG) provides a forum for its members to exchange information across disciplines and to promote awareness of current issues and research related to the freshwater environment in Scotland. The SFG holds a one-day meeting twice yearly … Continue reading
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Fisheries Society of the British Isles – Internship opportunities
The FSBI has established an annual competition to fund summer undergraduate internships for student members of the FSBI. The aim of the programme is to enable undergraduates to conduct supervised research in the UK or Ireland lasting up to 8 … Continue reading
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Freshwater Fish Specialist Group – 2/3 May, Chester
The Freshwater Fish Specialist Group (FFSG) of IUCN and Wetlands International warmly invites you participate in the FFSG 2012 Annual Meeting to be held on the 2nd and 3rd May 2012, inclusive with icebreaker on the 1st May. The aim … Continue reading
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